tanque

Portuguese

tanque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ke/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.kɨ/
• Hyphenation: tan‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gujarati [script needed] (tankh, “cistern, underwater water reservour”), from Marathi [script needed] (tanken) or Gujarati [script needed] (tanka, “cistern”), ultimately from Sanskrit तडग (taḍaga, “pond”).

Noun

tanque m (plural s)

1. tank
2. cistern
3. a sink used for laundry

Descendants

• → English: tank (see there for further descendants)
• → Malay: tangki
• → Spanish: tanque
  • → Cebuano: tangke
  • → Tagalog: tangke

Etymology 2

Reborrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English tank (“tank vehicle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese. Tanks were originally disguised as moving water tanks.

Noun

tanque m (plural s)

1. tank (vehicle)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese tanque (“tank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanke/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ke]
• Hyphenation: tan‧que

Noun

tanque m (plural tanques)

1. tank (military vehicle)
2. tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)
3. large glass (for drinking)
4. tank (a very muscular and physically imposing person)

Derived terms

• antitanque
• cazatanques

Descendants

• → Cebuano: tangke
• → Tagalog: tangke

Further reading

• “tanque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014